The Velvet Note

The Benito Gonzalez Trio @ 7:30pm
2020-01-10 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States
Born into a family of Venezuelan folk musicians, jazz pianist Benito Gonzalez has always had a deep-rooted appreciation for pastimes and traditions. Today, as a rising star of one of America’s finest musical traditions, Gonzalez has come to his current status by following in the footsteps of jazz’s ancestral forebears. The fusion of world rhythms and straight-ahead jazz makes this passionate performer an audience favorite all over the world. Admission: $34.

Open Mic Jam Hosted by Percussionist Ahsa Ahla w/ Bill Hart
2020-01-09 20:00 - 23:59, 2020-01-02 20:00 - 23:59
Come out and join us on Thursday nights in the comfort of The Velvet Note Living Room. Meet the best, most passionate local area musicians, make essential connections and relax and enjoy the scene. THIS is the area fun-spot–the place to meet others who play and/or simply enjoy great music, and it’s the ONLY Thursday night jam on the north side of town. Only $8 and no reservations necessary. All styles and genres are welcomed, so scootch on in here as a performer or spectator–it’s all fun!

Blues Legend Albert White
2020-01-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States
Albert White began playing guitar in the late ‘50s with his legendary uncle, Piano Red, and his group “Dr. Feelgood & the Interns. Since then, Albert has performed with Joe Tex, The Tams, Ray Charles and many such artists during his 50 year tenure as a Blues and R&B musician. Albert still devotes himself to music, performing with his old band member Beverly “Guitar” Watkins and recording Music Maker CDs, including his solo album, The Soul of the Blues. Admission: $29.

R&B Singer Latrese Bush @ 9:30pm
2020-01-04 21:30 - 23:00 | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States
Latrese Bush’s melodic vocal range has supported these and many other musical greats. Latrese fuses her high energy with brilliant vocal ability in each song and performance; crafting memorable musical experiences for her audience.

When she’s not traveling the world with Gloria Gaynor performing the iconic hit “I Will Survive”, Latrese can be found singing at various venues, songwriting and making music. Latrese can also be heard as a featured vocalist and songwriter on trumpeter Joey Sommerville’s jazz album “Ride To This” and his newest releases “Like You Mean It” and “The Get Down Club”. Admission: $32.

R&B Singer Latrese Bush @ 7:30pm
2020-01-04 19:30 - 20:30
What do Tony and two time Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday, Grammy Award winner Gloria Gaynor, Jazz Icon Phil Perry, R&B star Bobby V, and Pop Phenom Justin Bieber all have in common? They’ve been fortunate to have worked with soulful songstress Latrese Bush. Her melodic vocal range has supported these and many other musical greats! When she’s not traveling the world with Gloria Gaynor performing the iconic hit “I Will Survive”, Latrese can be found singing at various venues, songwriting and making music. Admission: $32.

The William Menefield Quintet @9:30pm
2020-01-03 21:30 - 23:00
Pianist William Menefield with his eclectic sound of Jazz, R&B, Soul, and Classical, draws the audience in with each note, in every song, at all performances. The Atlanta-based musician and composer flawlessly and creatively blends the influences of Stevie Wonder with Beethoven and Kenny Kirkland with Bach. William’s distinctive style creates a sound that is uniquely robust and smooth.

He wrote his first piece at age 8, responding to his mother’s removal of all televisions from their home, and has been composing ever since. The passion and dedication to his craft continued and he later went on to earn his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Composition from the University of Texas at Austin (2011).

He has been a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2005) and Cincinnati Opera’s “Opera Goes to Church” (2006, 2013, 2016). Most recently, William participated on the creative team that produced music for an upcoming HBO pilot, and served as Musical Director for Jennifer Holliday (2018). In May of 2019, William’s choral orchestral piece, Prism, commissioned by the Young Professionals Choral Collective, premiered at Union Terminal in Cincinnati and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The William Menefield Quintet @7:30pm
2020-01-03 19:30 - 21:00 | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States

New Years Eve at The Velvet Note
2019-12-31 19:00 - 2020-01-01 01:00 | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States
*** SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! ****

Each year, The Velvet Note goes all out for New Year”s Eve. THIS is the place to be for an comfortable, upscale, yet enchanting evening of popular jazz and R&B, accompanied by delicious food, festive spirits and great conversation. Right in your own backyard–no need to comb the chilly streets of downtown to get your party on!

Your all-inclusive ticket includes:

– Concert tickets to enjoy the all-night performance of The (Fan Favorite) Ray Howard Band

– A multi-course tasting menu

– A champagne toast

– Non-alcoholic beverages

– Party favors

– Server Gratuities

About Ray Howard:

The Ray Howard Band captures phenomenal music from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s 90’s and the infamous Motown. Their music is exhilarating, timeless and entertaining no matter what age you are! The Band contains a variety of vocal abilities including female vocals, male vocals and duets as well as talented musicians.

*** SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! ***

The Orice Jenkins Ensemble
2019-12-29 21:00 - 22:30, 2019-12-28 21:30 - 23:00 | The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, United States
Orice Jenkins is a vocalist, arranger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist signed to independent imprint Truth Revolution Recording Collective. After three remarkably diverse projects, his newest album, ‘Centennial Cole’, is a celebration of a great voice from the past: Nat ‘King’ Cole. Released in September of 2019, the courageous body of work has been featured in Jazziz, JazzWeekly, and JazzTimesmagazines. Jenkins performed his own soulful arrangements of timeless tunes, similar to his work on his 2016 release, ‘Soar’, which reached #11 on the iTunes jazz chart. Jenkins became notorious for his hip-hop laden covers of jazz standards like Bye Bye Blackbird and Body & Soul, as well as his swinging treatments to songs by Drake and Rihanna.

Listen to Orice’s incredible voice HERE.

The Orice Jenkins Ensemble
2019-12-29 19:00 - 20:30

The Orice Jenkins Ensemble December 28th @ 7:30pm
2019-12-28 19:30 - 21:00
Orice Jenkins is a vocalist, arranger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist signed to independent imprint Truth Revolution Recording Collective. If you enjoy the music of Al Jarreau, you will LOVE Orice! After three remarkably diverse projects, his newest album, ‘Centennial Cole’, is a celebration of a great voice from the past: Nat ‘King’ Cole. Released in September of 2019, the courageous body of work has been featured in Jazziz, JazzWeekly, and JazzTimesmagazines. Jenkins performed his own soulful arrangements of timeless tunes, similar to his work on his 2016 release, ‘Soar’, which reached #11 on the iTunes jazz chart. Jenkins became notorious for his hip-hop laden covers of jazz standards like Bye Bye Blackbird and Body & Soul, as well as his swinging treatments to songs by Drake and Rihanna.

Listen to Orice’s incredible voice HERE.

Groove Centric-- SOLD OUT!!
2019-12-27 12:00 - 13:00

Open Mic Jam w/ Tamika Howard
2019-12-26 20:00 - 23:59
Join us for our popular Open Mic Jazz Jam and party as a participant or a fan! Buy now

Singer / Songwriter Riley Biederer @ 7:30pm
2019-12-22 19:30 - 21:00 | The Velvet Note Main Stage, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, 30005, United States
Over the past 20 years, Harris has steadily developed his reputation as one of the finest vocalists of his era.

Riley is a 22 year old singer/songwriter from the Northern suburbs of Atlanta. Her distinctive sound can best be described pop with an edgy soulful twist.

Riley has enjoyed singing since she was a young girl, and at 13 she picked up her first guitar and began writing songs. By age 14, her open mic performances drew strong local acclaim and quickly transitioned to paid three set performances in venues all over North Georgia. At Age 15, Grammy winning producer Matt Still (Outkast, Elton John, BB King, Joss Stone, Lady Gaga, Patti LaBelle, Jewel) discovered her singing and songwriting talent on YouTube and took her to Elton John who immediately signed her to his international music management company Rocket Music (Elton John, Ed Sheeran,). Governor Nathan Deal presented her with the prestigious Georgia Music Hall of Fame’s Bill Lowery Horizons Award when she was 16.

Rocket music was instrumental in providing Riley with opportunities to develop of her songwriting and vocal skills. Her work with dozens of established writers and producers in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Atlanta, Canada and France led to her signing a publishing agreement on her 18th birthday with the world’s largest publishing company, Sony/ATV. Riley and Rocket Music parted ways in May of 2015 when Rocket Music closed their North American operations.

Riley continued to perform solo or with her band in Atlanta, Nashville, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and France, logging over 350 paid performances before the age of 20. Using youtube covers, many of which were self-produced live recordings, Riley organically built a huge social media following approaching 400 thousand fans, including over 262,000 youtube subscribers and 75 thousand Facebook fans. After leaving Rocket Music and striking out on her own, Riley decide to audition for Season 9 of the hit television show The Voice. As a member of Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani teams, Riley used powerful performances to become the first one chair turn, twice stolen artist to ever make the Voice Live Playoffs.

Upon conclusion of the Voice Season 9, Riley and her band were chosen by the international booking agency APA to be the opening support act for Nick Carter’s North American tour which will kick off in Sacramento CA on Feb 24 and cover 24 cities in 32 nights. She released her debut EP on Mar 1st.

Riley performed in the Ryan Seacrest produced YouTube competition series “Best.Cover.Ever” and won the episode earning her the chance to duet with Katy Perry in 2018.

She now resides in Los Angeles where she continues to pursue a career as a Singer/Songwriter.

Over the past 20 years, Harris has steadily developed his reputation as one of the finest vocalists of his era.

Brooklyn-born and Harlem-based, he has forged his sterling credentials through his ten previous albums, covering a broad range of contexts, all netted together within the rich territory of the jazz tradition. In addition to his recordings, he has performed on a worldwide stage that has taken him to prestigious international festivals and halls in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as the 2012 Olympics in London.

At home, he has toured nationally at festivals and top venues, including New York’s Lincoln Center and D.C.’s Kennedy Center. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Nightlife Award for “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist” (which he won three times), the Backstage Bistro Award for “Ongoing Achievement in Jazz,” the Harlem Speaks “Jazz Museum of Harlem Award,” and the DownBeat Critic’s Poll Award for “Rising Star Vocalist.”

Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better (Black Bar Jukebox Redux) will continue to build his legacy as another milestone in the extraordinary artistic aesthetic of Allan Harris.

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Jazz Singer Allan Harris’ Tribute to Nat King Cole @ 9:30pm
2019-12-21 21:30 - 23:00, 2019-12-20 21:30 - 23:00 | The Velvet Note Main Stage, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, 30005, United States
Over the past 20 years, Harris has steadily developed his reputation as one of the finest vocalists of his era.

Brooklyn-born and Harlem-based, he has forged his sterling credentials through his ten previous albums, covering a broad range of contexts, all netted together within the rich territory of the jazz tradition. In addition to his recordings, he has performed on a worldwide stage that has taken him to prestigious international festivals and halls in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as the 2012 Olympics in London.

At home, he has toured nationally at festivals and top venues, including New York’s Lincoln Center and D.C.’s Kennedy Center. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Nightlife Award for “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist” (which he won three times), the Backstage Bistro Award for “Ongoing Achievement in Jazz,” the Harlem Speaks “Jazz Museum of Harlem Award,” and the DownBeat Critic’s Poll Award for “Rising Star Vocalist.”

Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better (Black Bar Jukebox Redux) will continue to build his legacy as another milestone in the extraordinary artistic aesthetic of Allan Harris.

Buy Tickets Now

Jazz Singer Allan Harris’ Tribute to Nat King Cole @ 7:30pm
2019-12-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2019-12-20 19:30 - 21:00 | The Velvet Note Main Stage, 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, 30005, United States
